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Symposium on Boomer Engagement:  The Future Wave of Volunteerism

Overview

A new wave of Boomer volunteers is headed our way. The number of volunteers age 65 and older will increase more than 50 percent over the next decade. "Symposium on Boomer Engagement: The Future Wave of Volunteerism" will explore key issues in tapping into this market:

  • What are the goals of Richmond region Boomers?
  • How can local organizations prepare to engage this generation of volunteers?
  • What are the implications for how your program currently utilizes volunteers?
  • What are some practical tools and strategies for attracting, inspiring and retaining Boomer's skills, expertise and time?
  • How might this wave help address needs during these tough economic times?

      Symposium on Boomer Engagement: The Future Wave of Volunteerism
      March 26, 2009 -- 9:00 am - 3:00 pm
      Virginia Commonwealth University Campus

      Presented by:

      Older Dominion Project logo   Partnership for Nonprofit Excellence logo

Register

Registration for Boomer Engagement: The Future Wave of Volunteerism has closed. If you have questions please contact Katie Campbell at 804-794-8689 or ccva@comcast.net.

Program & Featured Speakers

  • Jill Friedman Fixler, nationally recognized expert in volunteer resources management and author of "Boomer Engagement: Collaborate Today, Thrive Tomorrow"
  • Richard Goldberg, director of the "Coming of Age" initiative at the Center for Intergenerational Learning at Temple University.
  • John Martin, CEO of the Southeastern Institute of Research and the Boomer Project.
  • E. Ayn Welleford, PhD, Chair and Associate Professor, Department of Gerontology, Virginia Commonwealth University.
  • Several local community leaders, practitioners, and Boomer-age volunteers who will share their insights, perspectives and experiences.

Break-out Sessions

  • A New Paradigm of Volunteer Management: practical approaches for redesigning or expanding existing volunteer programs to recruit and retain Boomers
  • Boomers Serving Seniors: models and strategies for engaging Boomers to work with older adults in long-term care facilities, hospice, adult day care centers, etc.
  • The Workplace Connection: how nonprofits and corporate employers can work together to facilitate "skill-based" volunteering, encore careers, and other models of Boomer community service.
  • Tapping Our Community's Diversity: how to effectively involve the full range of Richmond Region area Boomers, despite cultural, economic and physical differences.

Who Should Attend

  • Nonprofit and government agency executives
  • Geriatric and health service professionals
  • Managers and coordinators of volunteers in all types of settings
  • Leaders of faith-based outreach programs
  • Neighborhood and community-based organizers

Cost

A registration fee of $25 includes all materials and lunch. Please bring your cash or check (made payable to Partnership for Nonprofit Excellence) to the event. Participants will also receive a parking voucher to cover the $5 cost of parking at VCU.

Questions

Contact Katie Campbell at 804-794-8689 or ccva@comcast.net.

Planning Partners

  • AARP Virginia
  • Connect Network
  • Department of Gerontology, Virginia Commonwealth University
  • Dominion
  • Greater Richmond Association of Volunteer Administrators
  • Division of Community Engagement, Virginia Commonwealth University
  • Office on Volunteerism and Community Service, Virginia Department of Social Services
  • Richmond Times Dispatch
  • School of Social Work, Virginia Commonwealth University
  • Senior Connections, The Capital Area Agency on Aging
  • The Community Foundation Serving Richmond and Central Virginia
  • United Way of Greater Richmond and Petersburg
  • Virginia Municipal League

This symposium is made possible in part by Geriatric Training and Education (GTE) funds appropriated by the General Assembly of Virginia and administered by the Virginia Center on Aging at Virginia Commonwealth University.